VERSE 1 (spoken): She was twenty-two and burning out Landed in your yard, took out your fence You touched her arm and something bled She thought: this one's stable, this one makes sense PRE-CHORUS (mostly spoken): And if a hero had shown up right then With his jaw and his timing and his dark intent She would've gone with him — that's just the truth She's not pretending, she's just saying CHORUS (almost spoken): She settled for you (shouted by band in background: hey.) She settled for you (shouted by band in background: awww yeah.) You hold the cape and she holds the city together She settled for you Yeah, she settled for you (lazily: alllllright.) And now she can't remember why she used that word VERSE 2 (spoken): She tracks your phone (she knows that's weird) She's got a file on everyone you've ever met It's not jealousy, it's physics You're the only thing she feels SHORT TRUMPET FILL CHORUS (almost spoken): She settled for you (shouted by band in background: hey!) She settled for you (shouted by band in background: yeah!) You hold the cape and she holds the city together She settled for you Yeah, she settled for you (alllllright.) And now she can't remember why she used that word BRIDGE (spoken lazily): Stable means: the charge bleeds out Stable means: you're still standing there Stable means: she said it once And it's been eight years And she's still here And he's not So, there's that., TRUMPET SOLO (four bars, slightly too long) FINAL CHORUS (almost sincere): She settled for you (spoken: yeah.) She settled for you (spoken: uh huh) You hold the cape (shouted by band: hold it by the neck!) And she holds the city (shouted by band: the whole damn city.) And the city's still standing So I guess it worked out I guess it worked out (uh huh, alright.)
